浙江省宁波市北仑中学2019-2020学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题

浙江省宁波市北仑中学2019-2020学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题

北仑中学 2019 学年第二学期高一年级期中考试 命题：范秀玲 审题：朱晶月 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分） 第一节 （共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分） 听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项， 并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。 每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What is Jack going to do? A. Meet Professor Johnson. B. Hurry to his office. C. Help Mary carry the books. 2. What do we know about Mr. Smith? A. He missed the meeting. B. He was late for the meeting. C. He wasn’t invited to the meeting. 3. Why did the man fail to answer the phone? A. He went to sleep early. B. His phone was broken. C. The TV was too noisy. 4. Why is the woman going to Germany? A. To visit friends. B. To work there. C. To study German. 5. What is the man trying to do? A. Tell Sarah when the picnic ends. B. Persuade Sarah to go to the picnic. C. Ask Sarah to drive him to the picnic. 第二节 （共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分） 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选 出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。 6. Who is the woman? A. An actress. B. A tourist. C. A musician. 7. What has the woman gotten information about? A. A play. B. An old house. C. A famous theater. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。 8. Where is the man going? A. London. B. Hong Kong. C. Taipei. 9. How many pieces of luggage is the man checking in? A. One. B. None. C. Two. 10. When does the man’s flight leave? A. At 9:00. B. At 11:00. C. At 11:30. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。 11. How does Carrie feel about her job? A. It is quite okay. B. It is unpleasant. C. It is not too bad. 12. What seems to be Andrew’s future plan? A. Starting a travel business. B. Learning Spanish. C. Finding a new job in Spain. 13. What is the relationship between Carrie and Andrew? A. Travel companions. B. Fellow workers. C. Good friends. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。 14. What does Simon study at Oxford? A. Physics. B. History. C. English. 15. What is Simon’s first novel mainly about? A. His father’s work as a reporter. B. His experience in South Africa. C. His volunteer work in Vietnam. 16. What does Simon plan to do after graduation? A. Go on to study abroad. B. Find a job in Vietnam. C. Write his second novel. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. What is one reason for children gaining weight in the summer? A. Watching TV. B. Lack of sleep. C. Hot weather. 18. How many meals do a lot of children have every day in the summer? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. 19. What do most children choose to do when they are left by themselves? A. Go outside and play. B. Read books at home. C. Play computer games. 20. What does the speaker suggest parents do? A. Prepare good food for their children. B. Pay attention to their own habits. C. Spend more time with their children. 第二部分：单项选择（每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 21. --- _____ I go out to play now, Mum? --- No, you _____. You should do your homework first. A. Must; wouldn’t B. May; had better not C. May; needn’t D. Must; mustn’t 22. --- Has Mary finished writing her article? --- No, and it _____ before class was over. A. should be finished B. should finish C. ought to have been finished D. should have finished 23. A number of foreigners _____ to watch the 70th anniversary of the founding of the PRC on Oct.1". A. were attracted B. have attracted C. was attracted D. attracted 24. After completing the training, I, together with my classmates, _____ to the town that was far from the city. A. were sent B. have been sent C. was sent D. has been sent 25. _____ the girl was born in 1961 was still a mystery. A. If B. What C. When D. Whether 26. Space station rounds the Earth, _____ six astronauts living and working on board, for months at a time. A. as B. with C. and D. but 27. With the development of the country, the people _____ village I taught before have lived a happy life. A. in whose B. whose C. who D. from which 28. The law must be strictly observed and _____ breaks it shall be punished. A. those B. those who C. anyone D. anyone who 29. There is a common belief among the students in our school _____ they should make great efforts to learn and reach the peak of their academic performances. A. which B. that C. whether D. if 30. _____ the medicine works in human body is a question _____ not everyone can fully understand. A. How; what B. That; which C. What; which D. How; that 第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 35 分） 第一节（共 10 小题;每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该 项涂黑。 A Stories and movies often make bats into scary creatures that attack in the dark of night. In real life, however, most bats are harmless. A few are even helpful to humans. Over 800 species or types of bats feast on troublesome insects that damage crops or spread disease. Another 400 or so bat species eat ripe fruit. These bats are very useful because they pollinate（授粉） flowers and disperse（分散）seeds. There are also a few species of larger bats that hunt small animals like mice, fish, and frogs. A very few even drink blood. The blood drinkers are the three species of vampire bats. However, the vampire bat doesn’t suck blood. Instead, it makes a wound with its sharp teeth and then laps the blood up like a kitty. The animal victim usually sleeps through the entire process. While attacks on humans have occurred, the bats’ common targets are livestock and other animals. Interestingly, the vampire bat may become useful to humans. You see, a chemical in the bat’s saliva（唾液）thins blood and dissolves blood clots（血栓）. Studies indicate this could be a great aid in treating people with strokes. In the future, medicine may be made from vampire bats’ saliva. Some people think bats are birds, but they’re not. They have fur, not feathers. And their babies do not hatch from eggs; they’re born alive. Also, bats have mouths and noses; birds have beaks. Scientists put them in a special mammal group called Chiroptera. 31. Most species of bats eat . A. insects B. mice and frogs C. ripe fruit D. blood 32. Which of the following is TRUE about blood drinkers? A. Vampire bats drink blood directly. B. Medicine has been produced from the bats’ saliva. C. A chemical in the bats is of great benefit treating heart disease. D. The bats’ uncommon targets are human beings. 33. What is the best title of the passage? A. Blood Drinkers B. Vampire Bats C. Amazing Bats D. Scary Creatures B When Brody, a 4-year-old Connecticut boy, was asked what wish he wanted to come true, his only dream was that he could be able to play outside. Brody was born premature（早产）at 27 weeks, which caused him to overheat and burn easily. That means he can't spend any time outside and he'll get burn blisters（水疱）on his face even when he is driven to the hospital. Besides, there are a lot of things he can't do. He has trouble walking and only began talking one year ago. Brody can't eat or drink and has to wear a backpack 24/7 that contains a pump that feeds him. “I can't even count the number of surgeries he's had since he was born,” Brody's mother said. “He's spent probably half his life at the hospital.” When Make-A-Wish Connecticut, an organization that creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses, heard about Brody's request to play outside, they immediately jumped into action. “It's the most simple, most sweet wish, just to play outside but it seems to be the most difficult to realize.” said Debbie Artinian, the manager of Make-A-Wish Connecticut. Artinian and her team determined that a temperature-controlled tent outside Brody's home where he could play and not be in the sun would be the best option. But they had to find a tent that could stand weather conditions like wind and snow and had the right material to block all UV rays. Luckily, Artinian found a company based in the United Kingdom that could design and make the tent. Make-A-Wish Connecticut learnt that Brody loves the beach, even though he is not able to go into water because of his backpack. So they filled the tent with water toys and a kids’ pool filled with balls to make Brody feel as much as possible like he's out at the beach. Brody got his first look at the tent earlier this summer. “When he walked out of the door and I saw his face, it was just everything,” said Artinian. “Now when Brody says ‘Can I go out and play?’, his mom can say, “Yes.” “Brody is now enjoying spending nearly all his time "outside” in the tent. It's hard to make life completely normal for Brody, but Artinian and her team tried to make it as normal as they could. 34．What can we learn about Brody? A．He can't be given surgeries any more. B．He can't stand on his feet. C．He can't be exposed to sunlight. D．He can't communicate with others. 35．Make-A-Wish Connecticut thought Brody's dream was __________ A．inspiring and heart-warming B．challenging but worthwhile C．difficult and unachievable D．simple but incredible 36．Why does the author mention the beach in Paragraph 4? A．To suggest that Artinian and her team were considerate. B．To prove that the design company was responsible. C．To show that Brody is a boy who loves nature. D．To emphasize that the skill in building the tent was the latest. 37．What does the story mainly tell us? A．One good turn deserves another. B．All things are difficult before they are easy. C．A helping hand makes a difference. D．Tough life experience may result in success. C There are lots of ways to educate yourself on the Internet. You can find photos, documents, and films on almost any topic you can imagine. And at www.ted.com, you can access lectures by artists, scholars, designers, technicians and others. TED began in 1984 as a conference （会议）that brought together individuals from the fields of technology, entertainment and design. It was intended to be a one-time event focusing on technology and design. The event ended up losing money, and it was six years before the founders tried it again. This time it worked, and since 1990, the TED conference has been an annual event. There are now two held every year, with topics as diverse as music, medicine, and money. Other specialized spin-off conferences address narrower issues. The TED website came from a desire to share the conferences with the world, to “offer free knowledge from the world’s most inspired thinkers,” as the website puts it. The current version of the site was launched in April 2007, and contains videos of talks given at the TED conferences around the world. The talks are translated into hundreds of languages. The TED website is owned by the Sapling Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to fostering the spread of great ideas. The Sapling foundation acquired TED in 2001. Since then, it has been focusing on using TED to broadcast ideas that might change the world. TED, of course, has faced criticism. It’s been called elitist（精英） for its high ticket prices (more than 6,000 dollars total). It’s been accused（控告）by a few people for not publishing their talks. One controversial speaker was upset about being criticized by the conference’s host afterward. The complaints, however, seem to be relatively few for such a large, long-running organization. And accusations of elitism ring hollow (听起来不诚恳) when so much is given away for free on TED’s website. Whatever its failings, TED is a source of inspirational information for those who seek it out. 38. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. TED talks are available in many languages. B. Two TED conferences are now held every year. C. The TED conference came after the success of www.ted.com. D. The Sapling Foundation owns www.ted.com. 39. From the last two paragraphs, we can infer that ________. A. it is accepted to all involved that some TED talks might not be published B. TED is criticized for giving special treatment to the wealthy or powerful C. the host of the conference plays a supportive role to the speakers D. the negative comments on TED greatly affects its reputation 40. This author probably believes that________. A. TED is elitist B. TED is beneficial C. TED isn’t important D. TED is the best website 第二节（共 5 小题;每小题 2 分，满分 10 分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Today it is common to see people who walk about with colored wires hanging from their ears wherever they go. They move about in their personal bubbles, sometimes unaware of what’s happening around them. Are you one of “them”? For me, walking around in my own personal bubble (私人空间) is perfect. 41 What’s even better, wearing earphones seems to give a signal to people which says: “I’m not available for chatting at the moment!” Suppose you’re at work, you don’t want anyone to break your concentration. 42 Those wires hanging from your ears would be sure to give the “Go away!” signal. 43 It’s probably part of the growing up stage when they just want to ignore their whole family. While their mothers give them lectures about why they should do their homework, they can just turn up the volume (声音) on their MP3 player, smile, and say “Yes, Mum.” Problem solved. Pretty soon, not only will we have pretty colored wires hanging from our ears—but also our brains will be directly plugged into some new high-tech instrument. We’ll be in a virtual ( 虚 拟 ) world, communicating with everyone else, or choosing not to, as we like. 44 . And they are changing our social habits along the way. In the end, there is a thin line between using technology as a tool for making life better and being a slave to it! It’s so strange—suddenly, 45 . A. I don’t feel like wearing my earphones any more! B. I also have wires hanging from my ears. C. I don’t have to deal with the noise from the environment. D. Our instruments are changing quickly. E. In the home situation, teenagers love these wires. F. After all, I am listening to my favorite music and would rather not be disturbed. G. Listening to music through earphones is the perfect way to ignore such interruptions. 第四部分：语言运用（共三节，满分 55 分） 第一节：完型填空（共 20 小题; 每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳 选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 For The Flying Classroom’s second project, 11 of us from Tehran went to Tokhme-Baloot, a rural village in Ilam, one of the poorest provinces in the country. 46 by the government, Ilam has a high rate of unemployment, 47 and drug use. People there used to make their living by farming, but now this way of life is 48 by constant famine（饥荒）. The situation for children there is 49 . Boys who don’t do well in school must start work after eighth grade and girls who don’t do well in school stay at home doing 50 or get married. Because our research before the trip made us believe there were large 51 around the village, we planned our project concept around oak（橡树）trees and squirrels to make the children 52 the beauty of the environment. 53 , when we arrived at the village, we saw that there were only flat, 54 grass fields. Tokhme-Baloot was far less 55 than we had expected. The village had only gotten gas and electricity four years earlier, and it was sometimes 56 in the winter. After we saw the village and the surrounding area, the best concept for the project that we could think of focused on the respect for 57 . We began working with the students. Children started 58 the school equipment in bright colors. My colleague Zoya and I cut a dead branch into pieces and painted it to recreate a tree inside the school, as a symbol of nature 59 by children, and on it we hung the squirrels and cranes. We left the school in bright colors with objects to 60 the children’s imaginations. Projects like ours are viewed 61 by Iran’s government, and during our trip we were 62 twice, once by the army and once by Basij, a paramilitary（准军事的）militia（民兵组织）. They came to the school and talked to our group’s founder about the project, questioning him about is 63 , who supported it, who our members were, etc. After the tip, we 64 that The Flying Classroom might be stopped, but 65 , it wasn’t. 46．A．Supported B．Cheated C．Ignored D．Valued 47．A．influence B．poverty C．development D．increase 48．A．threatened B．covered C．used D．enjoyed 49．A．hopeful B．poor C．wonderful D．strange 50．A．chores B．cooking C．homework D．washing 51．A．companies B．forests C．factories D．markets 52．A．appreciate B．destroy C．forget D．decide 53．A．Besides B．Therefore C．However D．Instead 54．A．false B．dusty C．poisonous D．rare 55．A．known B．visited C．developed D．polluted 56．A．interrupted B．produced C．burned D．benefited 57．A．war B．love C．nature D．god 58．A．painting B．stealing C．dreaming D．borrowing 59．A．praised B．written C．created D．saved 60．A．limit B．inspire C．share D．check 61．A．secretly B．naturally C．wonderfully D．suspiciously 62．A．sentenced B．interviewed C．killed D．rescued 63．A．income B．result C．purpose D．success 64．A．hoped B．concluded C．pretended D．feared 65．A．secondly B．fortunately C．unluckily D．gradually 第Ⅱ卷 注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 第二节（共 10 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 There are all kinds of festivals throughout the world. Festivals are held 66 (satisfy) and please the ancestors, to honour some famous people or important events, and to express people’s 67 (grateful) to the God 68 brings them a year of plenty. For example, Japanese celebrate Obon, 69 people go to clean the graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. In India, October 2 is 70 national festival to honour Mohandas Gandhi who helped India become an 71 (depend) country. And in China the Spring Festival, which 72 (celebrate) in January or February, is the most 73 (energy) and important because it is a festival that looks forward to the coming of spring. Why are all these festivals everywhere? Because 74 the festivals, people can get together to eat, drink, have fun with each other 75 forget all the daily struggle and demands for a while. 第三节（共 5 小题;每小题 2 分，满分 10 分） 阅读下列材料，根据提示完成句子 76. 他假装早就收到了这位音乐家的邀请了。 He of the musician. 77. 我们应该重视新型冠状病毒的蔓延。 （attach） Great should the spread of Coronavirus. 78. 那儿的湿度很大，所以树都长得特别高，有些高达 90 多米。 It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, _________________. 79. 你家离学校不远，所以当时你本没必要离开的那么匆忙。 Your home is not far from your school, so you in such a hurry then. 80. 要是你能关注一下此刻正在发生的事情,我将非常感激。 I would____________ if you can _____________ what is happening now. 第五部分：写作（满分 20 分） 假定你是李华，你收到外国朋友 Peter 的邮件，他想了解你校在新冠疫情 (COVID-19 epidemic) 期间线上教学的情况。请你给他回复邮件： 1. 课程与时间； 2. 你的学习状态； 3. 你的期待。 注意：词数 80 左右；可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Peter, ______________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Li Hua 期中检测卷参考答案 第一部分：听力（每题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 1-5 AABBB 6-10 BACAC 11-15 BCCAB 16-20 BCACB 第二部分：单项选择（每题 1 分，满分 10 分） 21-25 BCACD 26-30 BADBD 第三部分：阅读理解（31-40 每题 2.5 分，41-45 每题 2 分，满分 35 分） 31-33 ADC 34-37 CBAC 38-40 CBB 41-45 CGEDA 第四部分：语言运用 第一节：完形填空（每题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 46-50 CBABA 51-55 BACBC 56-60 ACADB 61-65 DBCDB 第二节：语法填空（每题 1.5 分，满分 15 分） 66.to satisfy 67.gratitude 68.who 69.when 70.the 71.independent 72.is celebrated 73.energetic 74.on 75. and 第三节：句子填空（每题 2 分，满分 10 分） 76. pretended to have received the invitation 77. importance; be attached to 78. some measuring over 90 meters 79. needn’t have left 80. appreciate it; pay attention to 第五部分：写作 第一节：应用文写作（满分 20 分） Possible version: Dear Peter, I’m so glad to hear from you and your concern about our online schooling during the COVID-19 epidemic. I’d like to share with you some related information. Though the spring semester is postponed, schooling continues online under our teachers’ guidance. Each of the daily 7 classes is scheduled to last 40 minutes, with a 15-minute break for self-relaxation. Gradually, I’ve adapted to such a unique way of learning and become an independent learner. However, I still hope to return to campus, where I can enjoy face-to-face classes with my classmates and teachers. Best wishes. Yours, Li Hua